I'm going to talk about
the idea of progress and I am going to begin by defining what the
progress means. It is a positive evolution, it is the act of
improving, of perfecting. We have to study many documents which are
in relation with this notion. To illustrate this, I selected three of
them which I am going to present to you.
In the first place I
selected the document « Free at last ». This document
relates a social progress because in this text the narrator
changes his habits and becomes a better man. This text talks about
the offenders who try to change and stop doing the bad things they
used to do. The scene takes place in a correctional institution in
Bostral where people can practice sports. The goal of this text is to
show that these people can change if they really want it. It's a good
therapy for young offenders because that allows them to escape and
think about nothing except sports. We can say that , this has a good
impact because this system allows these people to get on the straight
and narrow path.
The second document is the
video of a « hero » who is William Kamkwamba. It's a
technical progress because this video talks about windmills which are
built by William for his neighbours and his family. The action takes
place in a poor region of Malawi. I believe it represents a
revolutionary innovation because this construction allowed to help
people who needed it. Morever, we can say that William is a « hero »
due to the fact that without anything he was able to build what he
intended to. The advantage is that this project is going to bring
electricity to William's neighbours. The electricity is very
important and very precious in this region because Malawi is a poor
country; people live in small houses which are badly isolated and
they are no electricity, no water : it's misery. Indeed, these
windmills are their only hope to improve their living conditions.
This video does William's praise because he built these windmills
without help and wihout knowing how to speak english. This makes him
a « hero ».
The last one is
« Sixt-Day », a movie. It's a scientist progress because
this movie talks about human cloning. People who are concerned are
Adam, the scientist and the dog of Adam's daughter. The scene takes
place in the shop which is called « Re-Pet ». This
process allows to clone animals that are dead. This process has lots
of advantages : it's as safe as real pets, it's the same dog , it
will remember everything.
For example, it will remember where all the bones are buried. Also, we can genetically modify it like we want. However ,it's dangerous for Adam's daughter because the dog can bite her with his sharp teeth. Finally, the dog won't have a soul.
For example, it will remember where all the bones are buried. Also, we can genetically modify it like we want. However ,it's dangerous for Adam's daughter because the dog can bite her with his sharp teeth. Finally, the dog won't have a soul.
As you were able to notice
it, these three documents are about different types of progresses
which have both positives and negatives. But it is no different than
the world itself which constantly evolves and progresses but not
always in a positive way.
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